TX National Guard Apache crash kills 2
A fireman in LaPointe, TX messaged us on Facebook at 9:30 AM about a Texas National Guard Apache helicopter that went down killing both crew members;
Main rotor came apart, they radioed into Ellington that they knew there was a problem right before getting over the water. Witnesses described a loud bang and watched it nose dive into the bay
Bobo sends us a link from local news;
Witnesses told Houston television stations the aircraft was flying unusually low Wednesday afternoon and broke apart in the air. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Debris was reported scattered over a section of the bay along with an oil slick. Divers have been in the water where the wheels of the chopper poked above the surface about 25 yards from shore and a vacant cruise ship terminal in La Porte.
Category: National Guard
The inherent risk of training illuminated once again all too tragically.
Rest in peace and may your families find some comfort.
Could this be because the scum in the white house spent 85 million on vacations instead of on military parts/repairs???
Two quotes come to mind here:
Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?”
And I said, “Here am I. Send me!”
~Isiah 6:8
and
Halfway down the trail to Hell,
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped,
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddlers’ Green.
Marching past, straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen.
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marines,
For none but the shades of Cavalrymen
Dismount at Fiddlers’ Green.
Though some go curving down the trail
To seek a warmer scene.
No trooper ever gets to Hell
Ere he’s emptied his canteen.
And so rides back to drink again
With friends at Fiddlers’ Green.
And so when man and horse go down
Beneath a saber keen,
Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee
You stop a bullet clean,
And the hostiles come to get your scalp,
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head
And go to Fiddlers’ Green.
I had the pleasure of serving with the Texas Guard in Afghanistan, they relieved the guys from the 34th ID in 2005, and the 1st Cav in Iraq. Mad, mad respect to the Air Cav. Tomorrow night, HH6(P) and I will drink some Tullamore DEW, and toast the crew of that bird, for their actions, taking her over water and away from population centers. Bravo Zulu.
Want to correct myself here: Should’ve put parenthesis on the first part, the TXANG was in AFG, and the 1st CAV was in Iraq, five years apart… and both are separate. I blame my cutting back on coffee and getting old, will do copious Burpees and smoke myself later for my grammatical suckyness
Fiddlers’ Green…nice.
Sounds like a failure of the “Jesus Nut”…
Rest In Peace Young Men.
Dang.
I see the NG guys doing flights in their Apaches around us all the time. Always gives me a thrill to see them cruising across a sunset.
RIP, soldiers. May God grant comfort to your families.
More info:
http://www.khou.com/news/local/recovery-effort-of-crashed-apache-helicopter-to-resume-thursday/380151854
with photos
Catastrophic blade separation. There is nothing the pilot could have done. God rest their souls and comfort their families and friends.
Evidently, before the final catastrophic blade separation, he knew they had problems and headed for water.
That part of the coast is well populated – he may have saved lives on the ground.
Dunked the bird, basically ending their chances to survive, in order to spare the folks on the ground?
If that is even remotely supported, I would expect posthumous Soldiers Medal paperwork to be expedited.
God bless them and be with their families.
Rest In Peace.
May God be with you and your families, I will pray for all of you. Rest in Peace good sirs. BZ to all.
Rest in peace, gentlemen.
Dustin Lee Mortenson, 32
Lucas Maurice Lowe, 33
Rest in Peace and Thank You.